Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was radicalised recently
May 24, 2017  14:05
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The Manchester Arena suicide bomber has been identified as Salman Abedi of Libyan origin. He was 22.

Various reports in the British media say Abedi, had made numerous trips to Libya, had returned from Libya, barely weeks ago. He is also known to the security services.

The Telegraph reports that Abedi was born in Manchester and grew up in tight-knit Libyan community that was known for its strong opposition to Colonel Muammar Gaddafis regime.

He had become radicalised recently - it is not entirely clear when - and had worshipped at a local mosque that has, in the past, been accused of fund-raising for jihadists.

The imam last night said that Abedi had shown him the face of hate when he gave a talk warning on the dangers of so-called Islamic State.

Born in 1994, the second youngest of four children, Abedis parents were Libyan refugees who fled to the UK to escape Gaddafi.

His mother, Samia Tabbal, 50, and father, Ramadan Abedi, a security officer, were both born in Tripoli but appear to have emigrated to London before moving to the Whalley Range area of south Manchester where they had lived for at least a decade.

Abedi went to school locally and then on to Salford University in 2014 where he studied business management before dropping out. His trips to Libya, where it is thought his parents returned in 2011 following Gaddafis overthrow, are now subject to scrutiny including links to jihadists.


Image: A handout of suicide bomber Salman Abedi
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